AQW 18325/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, pursuant to AQW 13912/11-15 and in relation to the support offered to the 1,841 businesses between 1 January and 31 August 2012, how many jobs have been created.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 10 January 2013
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 January 2013
- Answer due by
- 25 January 2013
- Answered
- 22 January 201312 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
It is not possible to provide detailed information on the number of jobs created since Invest Northern Ireland reports on the number of jobs promoted through assisted projects. This is in line with its Corporate Plan and Programme for Government targets.
The 1,841 businesses offered support included 651 employment-related projects which plan to create 3,519 jobs. Since these projects will take some time to fully implement, the jobs associated with them may take up to five years to be fully realised.
Invest NI is currently reviewing options to enable it to report actual job creation in the future. However, this will take some time to implement and for the information to become meaningful, since assisted projects can take up to five years to reach their maximum level of job creation.